# Wish-list (!object nums)

"Geoffrey King" (zzgking@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au)
Sun, 25 Aug 1996 04:07:00 PDT

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    > From:          "Patrick Harris (aka Bastian)" <bastian@net2.netacc.net>
    [snip]
    > Okay, I'll give you that.  But, come ON, the entire server and core has
    > been based on object numbers.  If you want something with with you don't
    Well i guess if the whole core is done that way, there is no point in
    making a change which would be backwardly compatible and (arguably) be
    useful.

    > need object numbers, make a webchat page.  Or an IRC channel.  Or some
    > such.
    > If it's portability and hardcoded objnums your concernted with, just store
    > all objnums in props, so people porting your stuff can merely change the
    > props.
    Like i said before, maybe its my inexperience, but i see object
    numbers as equivalent to memory address in C. So not only is it a
    porting problem but it also has no level of abstraction so you get no
    flexibility.

    Have Fun.

    --Geoffrey King--Software Engineer--Ice T Multimedia--